The aim of our project was to enable our institutions to become a safe place for everyone, where any soul can flourish by eliminating the disadvantage of obstacles by changing the mental structure rather than working with each type of obstacle separately. At the end of the project period, the number of bullying cases decreased by 50% compared to the pre-project situation by increasing anti-bullying skills from 40% to 70%, developed during 3 LTTs for 44 educators on-line and 7 educators on-line, and by increasing the ability to cope and combat bullying and discrimination from 40% to 70% by implementing activities, workshops and campaigns for 1 LTT for 29 student and aprox.4000 students - 200 parents from 7 partner countries, and by raising awareness of bullying and discrimination from 30% to 60% through publications and events 2. Developing critical-creative-collaborative and caring thinking skills of educators and students from 7 partner countries from EU and beyond by using formal and non-formal education. The intellectual foundation studies carried out on preventing bullying and discrimination, and the international conference became part of our project legacy.
The most intense security problem in our educational environments was different forms of bullying (physical, verbal, social or relational, cyberbullying and sexual bullying) experienced in inclusive classes and classes with pupils from different socio-cultural, economic and ethnic groups. We applied for this project because we all registered various forms of bullying, as consequence of different barriers to access education, such as barriers linked to education and training systems, cultural differences, social barriers and barriers linked to discrimination. We aimed to eliminate the disadvantage of obstacles by changing the mental structure rather than working with each type of obstacle separately. Our project emerged as the product of our search for solutions to those problem areas. Our needs were related to ways to tackle any form of bullying. We needed to enable our institutions to become safe places for everyone. To increase our capacity to produce sustainable solutions with innovative methods and techniques, and innovations in anti-bullying tool. To develop mutual understanding, tolerance, respect for differences and caring thinking. To install and secure more inclusive, peaceful, more participatory learning environments.